GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 258*

Short Title:  Child Care Eligibility Increase/Funds. 	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives H. Hunter; and Wainwright.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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February 23, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION CHILD CARE COMMITTEE TO INCREASE ELIGIBILITY LIMITS FOR CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES TO ENABLE FAMILIES TO RECEIVE CHILD CARE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AS THEY TRANSITION OFF WELFARE, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective July 1, 1995, eligibility limits for State and federal child day care subsidies for families already receiving subsidies are increased to seventy-five percent (75%) of median income.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Child Development, Department of Human Resources, the sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars ($1,700,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to implement this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.